Internal locus of control and weight loss: An insufficient condition.

Tobias, Lester L.; MacDonald, Marian L.

doi:10.1037/0022-006x.45.4.647

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“…Results for the scale of I-E control of weight indicated a signi®cant decrease in scores for members of the selfdetermination groupÐindicating a shift in the direction of greater af®rmation of internal control. However, post-treatment and follow-up weight loss results did not support the notion that perceived responsibility itself is suf®cient to instigate weight loss (Tobias and MacDonald, 1977). In other words those subjects who were in full control of their weight loss programme did come to believe that their weight was more internally controlled, but they were no more successful at actually losing weight than the subjects in the other experimental conditions.…”

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“…In contrast, Tobias and MacDonald (1977) refer to internal locus of control and weight loss as`an insuf®cient condition'. They set out to investigate the notion that an individual's perception of personal control, in and of itself, can lead to behaviour change (Davison and Valins, 1969), and to test the effectiveness of such a perception in instigating weight loss.…”

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“…Stotland and Zuroff (1990) suggest that treatment programmes for obesity should encourage the patterns of beliefs re¯ected in factors 2 and 3, because extreme internal weight locus of control belief may be related to the kind of perfectionistic approach to dieting thought to predispose one to dietary breakdown (Polivy and Herman, 1978). The ®ndings of Tobias and MacDonald (1977), support this because although those obese subjects who used a self-determination diet programme came to have a more internal weight locus of control belief, this did not actually help them in becoming more successful at weight loss.…”

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Dieting control beliefs and disordered eating

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Atkins

1997

Eur. Eat. Disorders Rev.

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Dieting control beliefs and disordered eating

Furnham

Atkins

1997

Eur. Eat. Disorders Rev.

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“…Para Rotter (1966), locus de controle interno é um potencial preditor para sucessos em programas de perda de peso. Contudo, pesquisas posteriores tanto validaram tal afirmação (Balch & Ross, 1975;Ross, Kalucy & Morton, 1983), quanto a contrariaram (Gormally, Rardin & Black, 1980;Tobias & MacDonald, 1977). Entretanto, estes estudos foram realizados com adultos.…”

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Maturidade emocional, locus de controle e ansiedade em pré- adolescentes obesos

Carvalho¹,

Netto²,

Bugliani³

et al. 2001

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Investigou-se aspectos do funcionamento psicológico como a maturidade emocional, locus de controle e ansiedade em pré-adolescentes obesos, através dos instrumentos: Teste do Desenho da Figura Humana (DFH), Escala de Locus de Controle para crianças e Escala de Ansiedade "RCMS". Os resultados não apontaram uma tendência específica quanto ao locus de controle ser mais interno ou externo. Em relação à ansiedade, enquanto traço de personalidade, a maioria dos sujeitos situou-se dentro do esperado para seu grupo etário. No DFH os índices relativos à Escala Evolutiva e à Escala Emocional encontraram-se também dentro do esperado, em sua maior parte. Tais resultados sugerem que não existe diferença entre pré-adolescentes obesos e pré-adolescentes em geral, quanto às variáveis estudadas. Entretanto, ser obeso pode estar associado a dificuldades de elaboração de aspectos evolutivos e emocionais para alguns indivíduos.

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“…In a comparison of two types of behavioral weight reduction programs (Bellack,et al 197 4) researchers found that LOG was not a significant factor in predicting which individuals would succeed, that is, lose weight, in the programs. Tobias and MacDonald (1977), referring to a behavioral treatment of obesity, state that personal responsibility, as measured by a Rotter 1-E scale, was insufficient to instigate weight loss.…”

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Attitudes of control and weight management

Wright¹

2000

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Applications of locus of control theory to weight loss programs have yielded inconsistent results. This study attempts to clarify "control" by looking at two different factors. Maximum control is the degree of perceived control inherent in the event itself, and personal control is the degree to which the event is perceived controllable by the individual. These two factors were also examined in two types of situations to determine whether individuals have one global outlook on control, or if they make a distinction between control in some situations as opposed to control in other situations. Seventy-four female 2 subjects completed a 16 item questionnaire on their perceived control in weight-related and non-weight-related situations. Subjects demonstrated that attitudes of control are situation specific. The two separate attitudes, maximum control and personal control, operate independently. Some individuals who felt that events were highly controllable, still felt they had very little control. Converse perceptions were also demonstrated .

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Internal locus of control and weight loss: An insufficient condition.

Cited by 47 publications

References 12 publications

Dieting control beliefs and disordered eating

Dieting control beliefs and disordered eating

Maturidade emocional, locus de controle e ansiedade em pré- adolescentes obesos

Attitudes of control and weight management

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